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It is a town of 10,519 residents in Leicestershire, East Midlands.
Overall, Lutterworth earns an A−, better than 78% of UK towns. In the ranking it comes #15 of 50 in Leicestershire. Cost of living is its strong suit — the median home sold for £300,000, 4.8 years of area income. The catch is schools (C+): primary results beat 15% of towns in England; secondary results beat 66% of towns in England. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for safety, B− for health and B for walkability.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy, ONS · commuting, Census 2021.
The 3 things Lutterworth does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Lutterworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 51 buildings inside Lutterworth’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lutterworth.
Owners make up just over two thirds of households, above Leicestershire’s towns (65%) and England’s towns (61%) alike. Behind the median of £300,000: 470 standard sales inside Lutterworth’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £973 a month across the Harborough council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £375,000 | 246 |
| Semi-detached | £256,500 | 156 |
| Terraced | £216,750 | 62 |
| Flat or maisonette | £126,000 | 6 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 2 primary schools: 53% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Two of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. GCSE results at the town’s 2 secondary schools: 48% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 49.2.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherrier Church of England Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 414 | B− |
| Lutterworth CollegeLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,580 | B− |
Those 65 and older account for 22% of residents. Line up the people of Lutterworth by age and the one in the middle is 44.3. 17% are under 15, in line with Leicestershire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Lutterworth | Leicestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 14% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.1% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 33% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Leicestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 31% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
There are 1.2 jobs in Lutterworth for each resident in work. The car took 84% of commuters, higher than both Leicestershire’s towns (77%) and England’s towns (70%). 35% of commuters travelled under 5 km to work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Violence and sexual offences made up 37% of the total. Lutterworth logged 555 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 94 complaints of anti-social conduct. For its size, Lutterworth records less crime per resident than 75% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 6% of the total, below Leicestershire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (16%) alike. Lutterworth’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. Relative to its size, Lutterworth keeps 48 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The nearest A&E to Lutterworth is University Hospital, 9.9 miles away. 2 GP practices serve the town; 80% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Men in Lutterworth can expect to live to 81.1, women to 84.2 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Lutterworth | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 83% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.1% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
51 listed buildings in Lutterworth, 1 of them Grade I.
Town Hall: Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Greyhound Coaching Inn: Photo: Ian Rob · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lutterworth War Memorial Cross, Walls and Shelter: Photo: Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Shambles Public House: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0
12 notable people were born in Lutterworth.
John King: George Beldam, Public domain · Michael Skubala: Egghead06, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Anthony Thistlethwaite: FleadhTV, CC BY 3.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutterworth | 10,519 | — | A− | A+ | B− | B− |
| Ullesthorpe | 1,162 | 2.5 | — | A | B− | A− |
| Gilmorton | 1,239 | 2.9 | — | B+ | B+ | A |
| Broughton Astley | 9,649 | 4.8 | A | A+ | B+ | B+ |
| Clifton upon Dunsmore | 1,216 | 5.4 | — | B | A | B− |
| Sharnford | 1,066 | 5.7 | — | B+ | B | B |
| Sapcote | 3,266 | 6.2 | B− | B | C+ | B− |
| Rugby | 78,130 | 6.2 | B | B+ | C | C |
Ullesthorpe, Gilmorton, Clifton upon Dunsmore and Sharnford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades B−.
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Town in Leicestershire, England
Lutterworth is a built-up area of 10,519 people, in the Harborough council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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